boy's name

Marcelino

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,974

Marcelino is a boy's name with 4 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 102 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 130 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 32,503 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1888.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.

Marcelino over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,036
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Marcelino by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 5
1900s 15
1910s 196
1920s 447
1930s 431
1940s 399
1950s 471
1960s 591
1970s 681
1980s 776
1990s 954
2000s 1,036
2010s 869
2020s (to 2025) 600

How popular is Marcelino?

In 2025, Marcelino was given to 102 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Marcelino is used

United States #1,651 102 in 2025
France #1,666 20 in 2025
Canada #2,745 7 in 2024
England & Wales #5,680 3 in 2013

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Marcelino is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Marcélino Marcélino is a rare spelling of Marcelino, written with an acute accent and recorded about 10 times, mostly in France. 10

Names that peaked alongside Marcelino

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marcelino also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marcelino over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Marcelino in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Marcellino
Polish
Marceli

Sibling names for Marcelino

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marcelino — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marcelino

How popular is the name Marcelino?

In 2025, Marcelino was given to 102 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Marcelino a girl's or a boy's name?

Marcelino is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Marcelino?

Marcelino has 4 syllables.

When was Marcelino most popular?

Marcelino peaked in 2006, when 130 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Marcelino a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marcelino currently ranks #1,651 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.